It’s just one week before Navidad (Christmas Day) and from www.spanishviaskype.com we don’t only want to wish you Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo (Merry Christmas and a happy new year), but we’ll also try to mix our tradition and our language. Today, we’ll learn some expressions that have to do with Christmas. […]

Have you seen the movie It’s a wonferful life! (¡Qué bello es vivir!)? In 1946 Frank Capra directed this tale of a downcast bank manager (James Stewart), who sets out to kill himself on Christmas Eve but changes his mind thanks to the intervention of a guardian angel, who helps him [...]

“¡En Espanol, por favor!” Gwyneth Paltrow wants her kids Apple (9 years old) and Mose (7) to be worldly. In fact, she sometimes encourages them to speak with her only in Spanish, according to the magazine Us Weekly. In October, Cameron Diaz invited Paltrow to her home in Beverly Hills for the wedding of her assistant, Jesse Lutz. At [...]

Last week, we started a number of articles about the Imperfect verbal tense in Spanish. Here, we learnt one of its uses: habits or routines. Today, we’ll carry on learning more uses which will help you if you want to learn Spanish via Skype. Do you remember how can we describe people or things in [...]